"Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures."

Wycherley, William on Friends and Friendship
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"I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for."

Wycherley, William on Hospitality
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"Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em."

Wycherley, William on Lovers
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"Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before."

Wycherley, William on Marriage
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"Women serve but to keep a man from better company."

Wycherley, William on Men and Women
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"I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better."

Wycherley, William on Rank
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"Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men."

Wycherley, William on Reputation
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"Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see."

Wycherley, William on Books - Reading
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"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

Wycherley, William on Wives
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"Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding."

Wycherley, William on Women
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"A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away."

Wycherley, William on Adultery
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